The new version of AIDA64 (the successor to Everest), Version 1.60 is now available for download! We use AIDA64 in our testing and it is really useful system tool and has quite a few different benchmarks included with it. Read on to see what’s new in this release…

AVX-optimized 64-bit benchmarks and System Stability Test FPU Julia, FPU Mandel and CPU Hash benchmarks utilize Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) of Intel Core i3/i5/i7 “Sandy Bridge” processors. System Stability Test module has also been enhanced to put even more stress on the system using AVX optimizations. Note: To unlock AVX capabilities of the new Intel processors, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is required.

64-bit multi-threaded VP8 video encoding benchmark A new 64-bit multi-threaded HD video encoding benchmark, based on Google’s VP8 (WebM) video codec. The revamped 64-bit CPU ZLib data compression benchmark is also available to provide better support for both old and brand new hardware configurations. For legacy processors all benchmarks and the System Stability Test are available in 32-bit version as well.